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* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers:
** Strong Bad warns viewers to avoid any cereal with anything grown in Iowa, such as "corn, wheat, oats, hogs, [and] fundamentally-sound college basketball players".
** His list of sound effects includes "Smax," "Pops," "Puffs," "Blasts," and "Gunshots in a Crowded Mall."
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* TieInCereal: {{Invoked|Trope}}. "Blue Laser Blasts", as a part of Strong Bad recommending buying cereals with sound effects in their names.
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* BlackComedyBurst: The [[BreadMilkSquick last of the sound effect cereals]] that Strong Bad lists is "Gunshots in a Crowded Mall".

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* BlackComedyBurst: The [[BreadMilkSquick last of the sound effect cereals]] cereals that Strong Bad lists is "Gunshots in a Crowded Mall".
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* BlackComedyBurst: The [[BreadMilkSquick last of the sound effect cereals]] that Strong Bad lists is "Gunshots in a Crowded Mall".
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->'''Strong Bad:''' (''singing'' If everybody in the world checked their email, the Internet would probably break.

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->'''Strong Bad:''' (''singing'' (''singing'') If everybody in the world checked their email, the Internet would probably break.
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PB writes Strong Bad to ask him what kind of free prizes he'd would put in specially-marked "cerial" boxes.

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PB writes Strong Bad to ask him what kind of free prizes he'd he would put in specially-marked "cerial" boxes.
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PB wonders what kind of free prizes Strong Bad would put in specially-marked "cerial" boxes.

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PB wonders writes Strong Bad to ask him what kind of free prizes Strong Bad he'd would put in specially-marked "cerial" boxes.



'''Strong Bad:''' Anything heavy and pointy enough to do lasting damage to the face (''pulls a die-cast chainsaw car out of the box and hits Homestar with it, knocking him over'')\\

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'''Strong Bad:''' Anything heavy and pointy enough to do lasting damage to the face (''pulls a die-cast chainsaw car out of the a box of "Sweet Deals" cereal and hits Homestar in the face with it, knocking him over'')\\

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"Problem Brian" wonders what kind of prizes Strong Bad would put in specially-marked "cerial" boxes.

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"Problem Brian" ->'''Strong Bad:''' (''singing'' If everybody in the world checked their email, the Internet would probably break.

PB
wonders what kind of free prizes Strong Bad would put in specially-marked "cerial" boxes.



'''Homestar:''' Wah! ...Strong Bad, while I'm down here, can you help me finish this word search? I can't find 'dextrose-flavornoids'.\\
(''New Paper comes down'')

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'''Homestar:''' Wah! ...Strong Bad, while I'm down here, can you help me finish this word search? I can't find 'dextrose-flavornoids'.\\
(''New Paper comes down'')
Wah!



-->'''Strong Bad:''' Okay guys, I'm gonna need everybody to lean hard to the right!



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->'''Homestar:''' ...Strong Bad, while I'm down here, can you help me finish this word search? I can't find "dextrose-flavornoids".\\
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-->'''Strong Bad:''' ...You're also gonna have to involve your mom so she can write a check for the shipping and handling if she's back from Vegas.

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-->'''Strong Bad:''' ...You're Bad:''' This means not only are they gonna make you buy ''several'' more boxes that you have to cut the bar codes off of, but you're also gonna have to involve your mom so she can write a check for the shipping and handling if she's back from Vegas.Vegas! ''The nerve of those cereals!'' You leave my mom out of this!

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Strong Bad also advises viewers to steer clear of "the three most useless letters in the specially marked alphabet: U-P-C". Any prize that requires sending in [=UPCs=] is not worth the hassle of having to buy extra boxes, cutting off the bar codes, and bugging your mother to pay for shipping and handling "if she's back from Vegas."

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Strong Bad also advises viewers to steer clear of "the three most useless letters in the specially marked alphabet: U-P-C". Any prize that requires sending in boxtops or [=UPCs=] is not worth the hassle of having to buy extra boxes, cutting off the bar codes, and bugging your mother to pay for shipping and handling "if she's back from Vegas."



* CompetitionCouponMadness: Strong Bad really doesn't like cereals that make you cut off and mail in tons of box tops just to get a crappy prize. The only thing he hates more are cereals that don't even bother with a FreePrizeAtTheBottom.

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* BreathlessNonSequitur: Strong Bad's brief rant about UPC bar codes includes the implication that [[HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood his mom was a compulsive gambler]].
-->'''Strong Bad:''' ...You're also gonna have to involve your mom so she can write a check for the shipping and handling if she's back from Vegas.
* CompetitionCouponMadness: Strong Bad really doesn't like cereals that make you cut off and mail in tons of box tops or UPC codes just to get a crappy prize. The only thing he hates more are cereals that don't even bother with a FreePrizeAtTheBottom.



* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: Strong Bad's brief rant about UPC bar codes includes the implication that his mom was a compulsive gambler.
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* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: Strong Bad's brief rant about UPC bar codes includes the implication that his mom was a compulsive gambler.

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* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Strong Bad warns viewers to avoid any cereal with anything grown in Iowa, such as "corn, wheat, oats, hogs, [and] fundamentally-sound college basketball players".

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* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers:
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Strong Bad warns viewers to avoid any cereal with anything grown in Iowa, such as "corn, wheat, oats, hogs, [and] fundamentally-sound college basketball players".players".
** His list of sound effects includes "Smax," "Pops," "Puffs," "Blasts," and "Gunshots in a Crowded Mall."
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Strong Bad's first pointer is to avoid cereals whose name includes "anything grown in Iowa", be it corn, wheat, oats, hogs, or fundamentally-sound college basketball players. The only prizes included in boxes of that stuff are health-conscious items, like a pedometer or a defibrillator. Strong Bad instead advises buying cereals with sound effects in the name, such as Fruit Smax, Chocolate Breakfast Candy Bar Pops, Soundy Puffs, Blue Laser Blasts, and Sugar-Rittled Gunshots in a Crowded Mall.

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Strong Bad's first pointer is to avoid cereals whose name includes "anything grown in Iowa", be it corn, wheat, oats, hogs, or fundamentally-sound college basketball players. The only prizes included in boxes of that stuff are health-conscious items, like a pedometer or a defibrillator. Strong Bad instead advises buying cereals with sound effects in the name, such as Fruit Smax, '''Smax''', Chocolate Breakfast Candy Bar Pops, '''Pops''', Soundy Puffs, '''Puffs''', Blue Laser Blasts, '''Blasts''', and Sugar-Rittled Gunshots '''Gunshots in a Crowded Mall.Mall'''.
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CompetitionCouponMadness: Strong Bad really doesn't like cereals that make you cut off and mail in tons of box tops just to get a crappy prize. The only thing he hates more are cereals that don't even bother with a FreePrizeAtTheBottom.

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* CompetitionCouponMadness: Strong Bad really doesn't like cereals that make you cut off and mail in tons of box tops just to get a crappy prize. The only thing he hates more are cereals that don't even bother with a FreePrizeAtTheBottom.
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CompetitionCouponMadness: Strong Bad really doesn't like cereals that make you cut off and mail in tons of box tops just to get a crappy prize. The only thing he hates more are cereals that don't even bother with a FreePrizeAtTheBottom.
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** The [[Recap/StrongBadEmailE104ThemePark Riverquest Safariventure]] makes another appearance in a CutawayGag.

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* AsbestosFreeCereal: The box of "Soundy Puffs" cereal boasts "Real sounds in every puff"

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* AsbestosFreeCereal: The box of "Soundy Puffs" cereal boasts "Real sounds in every puff"puff!"
* BizarreHumanBiology: The brief x-ray of Strong Bad's brain shows that it has horns and a leering eye.



* ShoutOut: Strong Bad sings "Hey ho, Strong Bad!" to the tune of "Blitzkrieg Bop" by Music/TheRamones.

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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
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Strong Bad sings "Hey ho, Strong Bad!" to the tune of "Blitzkrieg Bop" by Music/TheRamones.Music/TheRamones.
** There's an [[Music/ThePolice Every Step U Take]]-brand pedometer.

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-->'''Strong Bad:''' Ooh, I'm glad you asked Problem Brian. I've been wanting to give specially marked boxes of cereal a specially marked piece of my mind for some time now. (''a cut-away image of Strong Bad's brain appears on screen'') I choose... this piece! (''arrow appears'')

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-->'''Strong ->'''Strong Bad:''' Ooh, I'm glad you asked Problem Brian. I've been wanting to give specially marked boxes of cereal a specially marked piece of my mind for some time now. (''a cut-away image of Strong Bad's brain appears on screen'') I choose... this piece! (''arrow appears'')



-->'''Strong Bad:''' You know, the kind with the squarish, sugared pieces of styrofoam they claim are marshmallows. These are guaranteed to have a nice, big, reach-your-nasty-unwashed-hand-straight-to-the-bottom-of-the-box toy in it.

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-->'''Strong ->'''Strong Bad:''' You know, the kind with the squarish, sugared pieces of styrofoam they claim are marshmallows. These are guaranteed to have a nice, big, reach-your-nasty-unwashed-hand-straight-to-the-bottom-of-the-box toy in it.



-->'''Strong Bad:''' The nerve of those cereals! You leave my mom out of this!

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-->'''Strong ->'''Strong Bad:''' The nerve of those cereals! You leave my mom out of this!



-->'''Homestar:''' Blah, Strong Bad, blah! I'm a crappy Stuntman!\\

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-->'''Homestar:''' ->'''Homestar:''' Blah, Strong Bad, blah! I'm a crappy Stuntman!\\



* AsbestosFreeCereal: One of the cereals list having "Real Sounds in every puff"

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* AsbestosFreeCereal: One The box of the cereals list having "Soundy Puffs" cereal boasts "Real Sounds sounds in every puff"



* RhetoricalQuestionBlunder: "You know what kind of toys I'd put in specially-marked boxes?" "Yes."

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* RhetoricalQuestionBlunder: "You This exchange between Strong Bad and Homestar.
-->'''Strong Bad:''' You
know what kind of toys I'd put in specially-marked boxes?" "Yes."boxes?\\
'''Homestar:''' Yes.

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Strong Bad also advises viewers to steer clear of "the three most useless letters in the specially marked alphabet: U-P-C". Any prize that requires sending in UPCs is not worth the hassle of having to buy extra boxes, cutting off the bar codes, and bugging your mother to pay for shipping and handling.

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Strong Bad also advises viewers to steer clear of "the three most useless letters in the specially marked alphabet: U-P-C". Any prize that requires sending in UPCs [=UPCs=] is not worth the hassle of having to buy extra boxes, cutting off the bar codes, and bugging your mother to pay for shipping and handling.
handling "if she's back from Vegas."


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Strong Bad educates us on the free toys found in cereal boxes.

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"Problem Brian" wonders what kind of prizes Strong Bad educates us would put in specially-marked "cerial" boxes.

-->'''Strong Bad:''' Ooh, I'm glad you asked Problem Brian. I've been wanting to give specially marked boxes of cereal a specially marked piece of my mind for some time now. (''a cut-away image of Strong Bad's brain appears on screen'') I choose... this piece! (''arrow appears'')

Strong Bad's first pointer is to avoid cereals whose name includes "anything grown in Iowa", be it corn, wheat, oats, hogs, or fundamentally-sound college basketball players. The only prizes included in boxes of that stuff are health-conscious items, like a pedometer or a defibrillator. Strong Bad instead advises buying cereals with sound effects in the name, such as Fruit Smax, Chocolate Breakfast Candy Bar Pops, Soundy Puffs, Blue Laser Blasts, and Sugar-Rittled Gunshots in a Crowded Mall.

-->'''Strong Bad:''' You know, the kind with the squarish, sugared pieces of styrofoam they claim are marshmallows. These are guaranteed to have a nice, big, reach-your-nasty-unwashed-hand-straight-to-the-bottom-of-the-box toy in it.

Strong Bad also advises viewers to steer clear of "the three most useless letters in the specially marked alphabet: U-P-C". Any prize that requires sending in UPCs is not worth the hassle of having to buy extra boxes, cutting off the bar codes, and bugging your mother to pay for shipping and handling.

-->'''Strong Bad:''' The nerve of those cereals! You leave my mom out of this!

Finally, Strong Bad goes on a brief rant about cereals lazy enough to "try and pass off the back of the box as some kind of prize" by including masks, mazes, and/or word search puzzles
on the free back, saying that only total dorks who were "real easy to beat up" were interested in such alleged "fun-tivities". As if on cue, Homestar shows up wearing a Crack Stuntman mask from the back of a box of Cheat Commandos-Os.

-->'''Homestar:''' Blah, Strong Bad, blah! I'm a crappy Stuntman!\\
'''Strong Bad:''' You know what kind of
toys found I'd put in cereal boxes.specially marked boxes?\\
'''Homestar:''' Yes.\\
'''Strong Bad:''' Anything heavy and pointy enough to do lasting damage to the face (''pulls a die-cast chainsaw car out of the box and hits Homestar with it, knocking him over'')\\
'''Homestar:''' Wah! ...Strong Bad, while I'm down here, can you help me finish this word search? I can't find 'dextrose-flavornoids'.\\
(''New Paper comes down'')



* BlackComedyBurst: The last of the sound effect cereals is "Sugar-Rittled Gunshots in a Crowded Mall"
* ContinuityNod: One of the cereals is "Sugar-Frosted Cheat Commandos-Os Sugar Cereal", which features a Crack Stuntman mask on the back.
* ChocolateFrostedSugarBombs: Strong Bad advocates cereals with sound effects in the name as ones that usually have a good prize.

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* BlackComedyBurst: The last of the sound effect BreadEggsMilkSquick: Strong Bad's favorite cereals is "Sugar-Rittled Gunshots are ones with sound effects in the name, such as "Smacks, pops, puffs, blasts, and, um, gunshots in a Crowded Mall"
crowded mall."
* ContinuityNod: ContinuityNod:
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One of the cereals is "Sugar-Frosted Cheat Commandos-Os Sugar Cereal", which features a Crack Stuntman mask on the back.
** Strong Bad pulls out a die-cast toy version of the chainsaw car from [[Recap/StrongBadEmailE163WhatIWant "what I want"]].
* ChocolateFrostedSugarBombs: Strong Bad advocates cereals with sound effects in the name and loads of marshmallows as ones that usually have a good prize.prize.
* CutawayGag: Strong Bad bragging he's a "lame sandal-wearing hippie" with experience navigating "the class-5 rapids of specially-marked ceral box fake-outs" is followed by a brief scene where Strong Bad leads the Cheat on a faux river-rafting experience.



* InadvertentEntranceCue: Strong Bad mocks the kinds of kids who were actually interested in "back of the cereal box fun-tivities", and right on cue Homestar shows up wearing a Crack Stuntman mask.

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* InadvertentEntranceCue: Strong Bad mocks the kinds of kids who were actually interested in "back "fun-tivities" on the back of the cereal box fun-tivities", box, and right on cue Homestar shows up wearing a Crack Stuntman mask.


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* LiteralMetaphor: Strong Bad says that he's wanted to give cereal box prizes a piece of his mind... and then indicates the specific piece he'd like to give.
* {{Metaphorgotten}}: "Well before you get the toys inside, you first have to navigate the treacherous, jaggedy-rock-filled class-5 rapids of specially marked cereal box fake outs! Luckily, I'm a lame sandal-wearing hippie with a ponytail that's been down these rapids with groups of tourists many times."
* ShoutOut: Strong Bad sings "Hey ho, Strong Bad!" to the tune of "Blitzkrieg Bop" by Music/TheRamones.
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* EscalatingPunchline: Strong Bad complains about cereals that have activities printed on the back of the box instead of toys. He specifically mentions cut-out cardboard masks, mazes, and word searches--and we're shown a mask, a maze inside a mask, and a word search inside a maze inside a mask.

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* ContinuityNod:
** One of the cereals is "Sugar-Frosted Cheat Commandos-Os Sugar Cereal", which features a Crack Stuntman mask on the back.

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* ContinuityNod:
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ContinuityNod: One of the cereals is "Sugar-Frosted Cheat Commandos-Os Sugar Cereal", which features a Crack Stuntman mask on the back.



* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Strong Bad warns viewers to avoid any cereal with anything grown in Iowa, such as "corn, wheat, oats, hogs, [and] fundamentally-sound college basketball players".

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* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Strong Bad warns viewers to avoid any cereal with anything grown in Iowa, such as "corn, wheat, oats, hogs, [and] fundamentally-sound college basketball players".players".
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Strong Bad talks about what free prizes he'd put in cereal

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'''Airdate:''' Monday, April 21, 2008

'''Sender:''' PB, Over the Hills

Strong Bad talks about what educates us on the free prizes he'd put toys found in cereal boxes.



* BlackComedyBurst: the last of the sound effect cereals is "Gunshots in a Crowded Mall"
* ChocolateFrostedSugarBombs: Strong Bad advocates cerals with sound effects in the titles as ones that usually have a good prize.
* FreePrizeAtTheBottom: The main focus of the email. For the record, Strong Bad's cereal prize of choice is anything that can cause lasting damage to Homestar's face.

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* BlackComedyBurst: the The last of the sound effect cereals is "Gunshots "Sugar-Rittled Gunshots in a Crowded Mall"
* ContinuityNod:
** One of the cereals is "Sugar-Frosted Cheat Commandos-Os Sugar Cereal", which features a Crack Stuntman mask on the back.
* ChocolateFrostedSugarBombs: Strong Bad advocates cerals cereals with sound effects in the titles name as ones that usually have a good prize.
* FreePrizeAtTheBottom: The main focus of the email. For the record, Strong Bad's cereal prize of choice is anything that can cause lasting damage to Homestar's face.face.
* InadvertentEntranceCue: Strong Bad mocks the kinds of kids who were actually interested in "back of the cereal box fun-tivities", and right on cue Homestar shows up wearing a Crack Stuntman mask.
* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Strong Bad warns viewers to avoid any cereal with anything grown in Iowa, such as "corn, wheat, oats, hogs, [and] fundamentally-sound college basketball players".
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* AsbestosFreeCereal: One of the cereals list having "Real Sounds in every puff"
* BlackComedyBurst: the last of the sound effect cereals is "Gunshots in a Crowded Mall"
* ChocolateFrostedSugarBombs: Strong Bad advocates cerals with sound effects in the titles as ones that usually have a good prize.
* FreePrizeAtTheBottom: The main focus of the email. For the record, Strong Bad's cereal prize of choice is anything that can cause lasting damage to Homestar's face.

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